Hi! I'm from Sweden! My country is very different from yours. I'm curious:
would you LOVE working as an MD in my country or do you think it seems just awful?
Facts:
In order to become a licensed specialist you complete med school (5½) years. After that 2
years of family medicine, surgery, psych, and IM. After that you begin your 5 year residency. After that you are a licensed physician and you will never have to do one single test ever again in your life.
Your work 40 hours per week at a salary of 110k per year First 7 years something like 80k. 40% income tax.
Extra calls means x1.5 your normal salary or you can take it out as time off from work (1 day extra work
will translate into 1½ days off). There is no malpractice cost.
You have 5 weeks vacation every year. As a parent you have the right to be free from work for 16 months divided between the mother and father.
You dress in the same clothes as the nurses do and people call you by your first name.
would you LOVE working as an MD in my country or do you think it seems just awful?
Facts:
In order to become a licensed specialist you complete med school (5½) years. After that 2
years of family medicine, surgery, psych, and IM. After that you begin your 5 year residency. After that you are a licensed physician and you will never have to do one single test ever again in your life.
Your work 40 hours per week at a salary of 110k per year First 7 years something like 80k. 40% income tax.
Extra calls means x1.5 your normal salary or you can take it out as time off from work (1 day extra work
will translate into 1½ days off). There is no malpractice cost.
You have 5 weeks vacation every year. As a parent you have the right to be free from work for 16 months divided between the mother and father.
You dress in the same clothes as the nurses do and people call you by your first name.